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Training Camp Rosters - Comparing 2010 With 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Awhile back, I took at look at the Calgary Flames' prospect depth by comparing the roster at 2010's prospect camp to this year's probable roster. Now let's do the same thing with the main traini...
Five things: What's up? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
1. An interesting question from an unlikely source One wouldn't normally turn to the Edmonton Journal's Cult of Hockey blog for anything particularly enlightening about the Calgary Flames. David Stap...
Another Flames Option: Flip This Player 21 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
@Kent_Wilson What sort of price point do you think CAL needs to buy UFA's on 1 yr deals with an eye to trading them at deadline? — speeds (@hockeysymposium) August 20, 2013 Yesterday I jokingly buil...
Building an all UFA team 21 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
- pic via Aaron Webb A fun summer time thought experiment. It wasn't the strongest UFA crop the NHL has ever seen this off-season, which is why guys like David Clarkson were cashing in with ma...
Setting Expecations: Sven Baertschi 20 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
I recently conducted a fan Q&A and the question of "How many points will Sven Baertschi get next season?" came up. I predicted his total would land around 50 but wouldn't really be disappointed ...
What if Kipper Doesn't Retire? 19 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
- pic via Dinur Blum It's assumed by almost everyone heading into 2013-14 that Miikka Kiprusoff will opt out of the final year of his contract and head back to Finland to fish and be revered as...
FN Weekend Open Thread - News and Notes 17 Aug 2013 | 09:36 pm
As we bowl headlong into the last two weeks of the NHL's off-season, it's probably time for a quick news and notes update for the weekend. After the jump we'll talk about the Flames new ECHL aff...
ACME NHL Rebuilding Kit™ 17 Aug 2013 | 12:17 am
With the Flames rebuilding through the draft I thought I’d take a look at other teams that have drafted their core as part of a rebuild to determine a line as to where success and failure lie. ...
FlamesNation Fan Ask - August 16, 2013 16 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
It's no secret that things are slow in the NHL world - that August kind of slow. Most sports fans in Calgary have turned their attention to the thriving Stampeders and any Flames talk was placed ...
Flames WJC Camp: Quick Scouting Report 16 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
- pic via D. Mahoney I didn't get to see any of the Flames kids at the recent WJC development camp tournament, but Hockey Prospectus' Corey Pronman took in every second of play (or close anyways)....